Victor Ponta

Type: Person

Name: Victor Ponta

Title: Minister for Liaison with the Parliament

Organization: Government of Romania

Nationality: Romania

Fact Sheet: Biography for Victor Ponta

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 1 reports

International Monetary Fund

Romania rail privatisation loses bidders

The privatisation of Romania's freight rail company, a key condition if the country is to renew its IMF credit line, was at risk of failing again Wednesday after just one bidder was left in the race.The consortium formed by the Romanian firm TFG and Austrian ... [Published Yahoo! Singapore - 14 hours ago]

Entities: CFR Marfa SA, privatise, Romania, International Monetary Fund

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Creditors Committee sanction Hidroelectrica reorganisation, PM Ponta says

Powered by Max Banner AdsCompany most likely back on the market next week, the premier also mentioned during the Cabinet meeting.The Creditors’ Committee approved, Tuesday night, the plan for the reorganisation of Hidroelectrica and the company will most ... [Published Nine O'Clock - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Hidroelectrica, Victor Ponta, Insolvency, Sanctions

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Agerpres

PM: Priority actions pledged to IMF fully within schedule

Powered by Max Banner AdsAll priority actions pledged to the International Monetary Fund have been carried out or are within schedule, Prime Minister Victor Ponta declared yesterday, thus contradicting once more allegations that things are different in ... [Published Nine O'Clock - 10 hours ago]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, Victor Ponta, Agerpres, Johannes Hahn, Ministry of Economy

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

PM Victor Ponta met with Nikolai Patrusev, the Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council

Prime Minister Victor Ponta met at Victoria Palace with Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council.The main topics of the dialogue reflected the common desire to promote a new stage in the bilateral economic relations, taking ... [Published e-guvernare - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Victor Ponta, Russia, Security

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Victor Ponta

PM Victor Ponta: EBRD was and remains an important partner for Romania regarding structural reforms and development projects

I would like to appreciate particularly the way in which, in a one year time since he took over the EBRD chairmanship, the relations between this international institution and Romania evolved in a positive direction.In very concrete terms, Romania is ... [Published e-guvernare - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Romania, Victor Ponta, Reformism

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

John O Brennan

New CIA chief John Brennan visits Romania, meets president Traian Basescu, PM Victor Ponta

Irina PopescuIrina holds a BA in Journalism. Her hobbies include reading, dancing, photography and she is passionate about music (especially Icelandic music), writing and Japanese literature. In the past, she has worked as an editor for an indoor-circuit ... [Published Romania Business Insider - 18 hours ago]

Entities: John O Brennan, CIA Central Intelligence Agency, Traian Basescu, Victor Ponta, Romania

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Romania remains EBRD's 3rd largest country of operations in terms of business portfolio-

The EBRD reached out to small n companies on Monday during a week when EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti's first visit to the country underscored the Bank's long-term commitment to this south eastern European economy. has become the EBRD's third largest ... [Published Balkans.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Romania, Brasov (Romania), Victor Ponta, Bucharest

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Romania-Russia discussions, a fresh stage of the bilateral economic ties

Powered by Max Banner AdsThe cooperation prospects in energy field, the involvement of the Russian companies in projects on energy resources transport and storage and projects having regional impact on electricity production were the main topics approached ... [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Bilateral, Romania, Victor Ponta

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Direktor des rumänischen Kulturinstituts zurückgetreten

Von unserem dpa-Korrespondenten und Europe OnlineBukarest (dpa) - Auf Druck des rumänischen Ministerpräsidenten Victor Ponta ist der Direktor des Rumänische Kulturinstituts (ICR), Andrei Marga, nach nur neunmonatiger Amtszeit zurückgetreten. Zahlreiche ... [Published Europe Online Magazine - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Andrei Marga (Babes-Bolyai University), Victor Ponta, Herta Müller, Tel Aviv, Angela Merkel

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

PM Ponta: We are not asking IMF for derogations

Powered by Max Banner AdsIMF head Christine Lagarde to visit Bucharest.Prime Minister Victor Ponta says the Government is not asking the International Monetary Fund for any derogation, referring to the fact that the letter sent to the international financial ... [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Victor Ponta, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, Bucharest

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

EBRD chairman Suma Chakrabarti to meet President Traian Basescu, PM Victor Ponta during visit to Romania this week

Entities: EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction & Develop..., Suma Chakrabarti, Romania, Victor Ponta, Traian Basescu

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

Romania-Bulgaria: ‘Calafat-Vidin bridge does not herald new spring for Romanian infrastructure’

Nicknamed the New Europe Bridge, the new crossing on the Danube which links Calafat in Romania and Vidin in Bulgaria, was inaugurated on June 14.Cofinanced by the European Cohesion Fund, it was built at a cost of €300m and forms part of the Pan-European ... [Published Presseurop - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Infrastructure, Calafat (Romania), Vidin (Bulgaria), Johannes Hahn, Victor Ponta

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...5 per cent. The economy is picking up more strongly than expected so far this year. "but to make this growth sustainable in the long term we need the support of the ebrd" Prime Minister Victor Ponta told journalists after his meeting with Sir Suma

Romania remains EBRD's 3rd largest country of operations in terms of business portfolio- [Published Balkans.com - 21 hours ago]

Construction of the world's largest lasers officially began on Friday in the Magurele research platform in Bucharest. "we can have here one of the flagship projects at european and world levels" Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said at the inauguration ceremony

Romania begins construction of world's largest lasers [Published Individual.com - Jun 14 2013]

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CFR Marfa privatisation goes on just with Grup ... [Published Nine O'Clock - 10 hours ago]
PM: Priority actions pledged to IMF fully withi... [Published Nine O'Clock - 10 hours ago]
Romania rail privatisation loses bidders [Published Yahoo! Singapore - 14 hours ago]
PM Victor Ponta met with Nikolai Patrusev, the ... [Published e-guvernare - 14 hours ago]
PM Victor Ponta: EBRD was and remains an import... [Published e-guvernare - 16 hours ago]
PM Victor Ponta: Romania has regained stability... [Published e-guvernare - 16 hours ago]
New CIA chief John Brennan visits Romania, meet... [Published Romania Business Insider - 18 hours ago]
Bridge links Bulgaria and Romania [Published KHL Group - 18 hours ago]
Romania remains EBRD's 3rd largest country of o... [Published Balkans.com - 21 hours ago]
EBRD president praises way Romania overcomes cr... [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]
Romania-Russia discussions, a fresh stage of th... [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]
Senate approves termination of ICR leadership’... [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]
Main political target – consolidating relation... [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]
Direktor des rumänischen Kulturinstituts zurück... [Published Europe Online Magazine - Jun 18 2013]
PM Ponta: We are not asking IMF for derogations [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]
Ponta: Fenechiu will be replaced only if sentenced [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]
ICR President Andrei Marga resigns [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 18 2013]
EBRD President visits Romania [Published Bank News - Jun 17 2013]
Rupert Wolfe-Murray: Open Letter to Greg Hands ... [Published Huffington Post UK - Jun 17 2013]
Romania-Bulgaria: ‘Calafat-Vidin bridge does no... [Published Presseurop - Jun 17 2013]
EBRD chairman Suma Chakrabarti to meet Presiden... [Published Romania Business Insider - Jun 17 2013]
IMF director Lagarde to visit Romania in June, ... [Published Romania Business Insider - Jun 17 2013]
MEP Cristian Busoi, the new president of CNAS [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 17 2013]
EBRD President visits Bucharest [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 16 2013]
Voinea, Minister for Budget: No derogations we... [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 16 2013]
Basescu: “Communication with Ponta is very good” [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 16 2013]
PM Ponta: Magurele-based laser, a historic pr... [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 16 2013]
Calafat-Vidin Bridge, the New Europe Bridge [Published Nine O'Clock - Jun 16 2013]

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Romanian PM Re-elected Ruling Party Leader [Published Balkan Insight - Apr 22 2013] Victor Ponta was re-elected as head of the Social Democratic Party and promised to continue reforming Romania. ...
Romania PM Names New Anti-Corruption Chiefs [Published Balkan Insight - Apr 03 2013] Amid disagreements inside the ruling coalition, Victor Ponta has announced the names of new anti-corruption heads. ...
Romania PM Backs Controversial Fracking Plans [Published Balkan Insight - Apr 01 2013] Victor Ponta says that shale gas exploitation will reduce Romania’s dependency on natural gas imports from Russia. ...
Not ready for Schengen [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Mar 07 2013] “IF Romania and Bulgaria insist on a vote, the attempt will fail because of a German veto," said Hans-Peter Friedrich, the German minister of the interior in an interview with the news website of Der Spiegel, a German weekly. Both countries must take ...
Bulgaria Turmoil 'May Hit Romania's Schengen Bid' [Published Balkan Insight - Feb 21 2013] As the EU ponders Romania’s desire to join the passport-free Schengen area, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta voices concern that instability in Bulgaria may affect its chances. ...

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